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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK They are the South Bend Heritage Foundation. This comes to you with a favorable recommendation from Historic Preservation and I can answer any questions you may have. Councilmember Karen White asked, Did anyone present speak in opposition to the landmarking proposal? Mr. Toering replied,No. Committeemember Jo M. Broden asked, Could you address the history of the owner's consent? Please explain how it is different now. Mr. Toering replied, The South Bend Heritage Foundation purchased the building from the Parks Department of the City and they are supportive of this. They own other landmarks. Committee Chair Davis then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the legislation. 'Elicia Feasel,Historic Preservation Administrator with offices on the 14th floor of the County-City Building, stated, I'm here to speak in support. I would like to give credit to Adam for really working with and hearing both the Civil Rights Heritage Center's as well as the owner of the building's interests. He worked with them and helped them understand the process. The building itself maintains a very high level of integrity but the reflecting garden in the back where the pool once was is also a part of the legal description of the landmark. So any future developments that are proposed for that area can be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 33-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember Broden seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of four(4) ayes. Committeemember Broden requested the presentation of Bill No. 33-18 be more significant in terms of drawing out the history of the building. She stated, There is an opportunity, toni ht, to education generations on the past history. I hope we are not short on that segment tonig Bill No. 18-34- Special Exception: 719 and 721 W. Rex Street Angela Smith, Deputy Director of the Area Plan Commission with offices on the 11th floor of the County-City Building, stated, This special exception before you is part of a larger project that is being developed along Portage Avenue between California and Rex. This only involves these two (2) properties here (referencing a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office) on Rex Street. The underlining zoning district for those two (2)properties is Single-Family. The rest of the project is already zoned Mixed-Use and if these two (2) parcels were to zone Mixed-Use, parking would be allowed as well. But in working with the petitioner and looking at the information here,this is a housing development project and if for some reason the project does not go through,they wanted to try and retain the underlying zoning district to allow for Single-Family development in the future. The best course of action for that is this special exception. The special exception would allow for a parking lot to serve the residential development at this site. Here (referencing the presentation)you can kind of see which portion we are talking about. This comes to you from the Area Board of Zoning Appeals with favorable recommendation. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1 227 W Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 1 TM 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2